The first martial arts film by international claimed filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan (The Warlords). Wu Xia is the only Chinese language film to be invited as an official selection to the 64th Connes Film Festival. Popermaker Uu Jin-xi ((Donnie Yen) lives a seemingly normal life with his wife Ayu (Tang Wei) and two sons in a remole village. One day, Uu is caught up in the death of two notorious criminals and the court sends the eccentric detective Xu Bai-jiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) to investigate the case. Being a martial arts fanatic Xu is convinced that there's no pure accident. How could an unarmed papermaker defeat two trained killers? Curiosity and determination eventually lead him to discover the true identity of Liu - the evil clon 72 Demons' second-in-command Tang Long. Knowing his whereabouts, the Master of the 72 Demons threatens to wipe out Tang's family and the whole village.